These are the best apps, games, music, movies and more of 2018. according to Apple

The end of the year approaches and so the "best of" lists start to emerge. Jumping on the bandwagon is Apple, providing us with a lengthy list of the best apps, games, music, podcasts, TV shows, and just about everything else digital you can think of. The charts have not been compiled by simply calculating which apps have proved most popular with user. Apple describes it as "an invariable list of the who's who and what's what from the past year" which is a combination of both "top charts and selects from our editors". Are your favorites featured? The look-back...Read more ...

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PAX Unplugged 2018: The Competitive Card Game Market is about to Get More Competitive

Card games that centralize a head to head online experience have carved out a niche in the iOS marketplace and have spawned a number of copy cat apps, but we got a chance to see some real contenders at Pax Unplugged this year that not only have promise, but a pedigree that really shows a development of understanding in what issues plague many players currently. Monetary Cost, RNG dead-zones, and app quality all seem to be on the tip of the tongues of players looking for a better option to support and migrate to. There are some beautiful ideas floating out just over the horizon that we got...Read more ...

We Updated Our Pick for the Best Email App for the Mac

We could go round and round the mulberry bush when it comes to email apps for the Mac these days. There will be some who swear by Apple's own Mail app, others who need the ultimate customizability of an app like Airmail, and still others who say that email is terrible and use a different platform for communication instead.
It's extremely difficult to find one email app that fits everyone's needs.
However, we think Spark comes the closest to fitting as many of the wide-ranging email needs as possible.
Spark has a “Smart Inbox” that automatically categorizes your email as it comes in. Spark...Read more ...

The best new apps for iPhone and Android, December 2018

Would you look at that? We're already in December and, soon enough, we will be bidding 2018 farewell. And as the months roll through, so does the total app counter on the App Store and Play Store keep rolling to higher and higher numbers.
Yes, we will be taking a look at what's new in the app stores and taking notes on what's interesting and download-worthy. As always, if we happened to miss a new app, which you believe is worth mentioning - sound off in the comments section below!
This month around, we have Yahoo's new pop culture app, a couple of cool utility apps for Android, Facebook's ...Read more ...

Apple announces its best apps, games, movies and music from 2018

2018 was a good year for mobile users with tons of new apps and games added to Apple's App Store. We've highlighted many of the best in our best iPhone apps as well as best iPad apps guides and now it's time for Apple to reveal what it considers are the best from 2018: Phone App of the Year - Procreate Pocket iPhone Game of the Year - Donut County iPad App of the Year - Froggipedia iPad Game of the Year - Gorogoa Mac App of the Year - Pixelmator Pro
Procreate Pocket is a great app if you fancy dabbling in digital finger-painting. Whether you're a novice scribbler or a jobbing artist, this...Read more ...

Apple Pay picks up new banks across US, Canada, France, and 8 more countries

Apple Pay continues to expand in the United States and around the world. Apple's mobile payment service lets you securely pay in stores with iPhone and Apple Watch or in apps or online from iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac. These are the latest banks and credit unions to work with Apple Pay across the world:
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Apple released its picks for the best apps of 2018: Procreate Pocket, Fortnite, and more

Google on Monday released its “Best of 2018” highlights for the Play store, which included PUBG and Infinity War , among many other titles across various digital content categories. Apple followed with its own Best of 2018 list for the App Store, although the iPhone maker only included apps in its annual list.
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Posted on Apple's developer portal the “best of” list includes “Apps of the Year” and “Games of the Year” awards for all its platforms, including iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV, as well...Read more ...

Here are Apple's top picks for its "Best of 2018" apps and games on the App Store

Apple just revealed its top picks for the exemplar apps and games that "shaped entertainment and culture around the world this year". Cupertino's awards further solidify the notion that 2018 will go down in history as the year we couldn't help taking care of our digital well-being and simultaneously... kill our digital avatars in battle royale-esque phenomenons like PUBG and Fortnite over and over again!
Indeed, self-care and battle royale are the two most notable trends that helped shape the app industry, and we have a notion that a large chunk of 2019 will also be dominated ...Read more ...